.GOV - The top-level domain reserved for
agencies, departments, and branches of the United States Federal Government.
Registration of .gov domains is handled by the General Services Administration
(GSA).

Hostname - The unique
name by which a computer is known on a network,
used to identify it when sending and receiving e-mail,
Usenet
news, or other forms of electronic information interchange such as Web
hosting.

HTML (Hypertext Markup
Language) - The language used to create Web
pages. HTML code consists of formatting instructions called "tags,"
which are distinguished by their surrounding angle brackets ("").

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer
Protocol) - The set of networking standards used to exchange information
over the World Wide Web. The "http://" at the beginning of every Web
address tells a Web
browser that a document is a Web
page.

HTTPS (or SHTTP) Secure
Hypertext Transfer Protocol - The set of networking standards for
exchanging files in an encrypted format over the World
Wide Web. If a web address begins with "https://," it is likely a part
of a secure site.

Hyperlink - A graphic
or piece of text in a Web
page that, when clicked with a mouse, causes another file on the Web to
be accessed. The HTML
code used to create a hyperlink includes the Web address (URL) of the
file to which it points.